The Basics of the Mini Lop
The Mini Lop is a compact style breed, classified as a medium size rabbit.They have massive, wide, and round bodies with large heads and a full ear and crown. A phrase often repeated by breeders explaining the ideal Mini Lop is, "They are a basketball with a head." As overstated as that is, it is absolutely true. A perfect Mini Lop is as wide, as it is long, as it is deep. A large, well-balanced animal with a prominent head and forward-mounted crown with broad, round ear is desired.
A Mini Lop, like any other rabbit, has four feet - each possessing five toes and nails, a short, cottonball-like tail, and (in females) a dewlap from which the mother rabbit pulls nutrients internally and hair externally during kindling. A Mini Lop is considered a JUNIOR when it is under 6 months of age and weighs 3-6lbs, and a SENIOR when it is over 6 months of age and between 4.5 and 6.5 lbs (although some brood animals will likely surpass this show weight cap.) The ideal weight for a Mini Lop is right at 6 pounds. 6 pounds is also a good breeding weight for does, as at that weight, they possess enough mass to provide for a litters' nutritional needs.
The Mini Lop has a laid back, easy-going personality. They are extremely docile and make great 4-H projects as well as pets. They are incredible with children, especially if handled from birth. Take care to purchase a well-socialized rabbit if desiring a pet Mini Lop. The Mini Lop is also especially easy to litter box train, if desired. The habit of urinating/defecating in a single location is instinctual in the Mini Lop, as it is in cats. Simply providing a young Mini Lop with a litter box (filled with a medium different from the bedding) is often enough to prompt the continued use of a litter box, with no further interference or reinforcement necessary.
See the ARBA Standards of Perfection for more information about what is desired in the type of the Mini Lop.
A Mini Lop, like any other rabbit, has four feet - each possessing five toes and nails, a short, cottonball-like tail, and (in females) a dewlap from which the mother rabbit pulls nutrients internally and hair externally during kindling. A Mini Lop is considered a JUNIOR when it is under 6 months of age and weighs 3-6lbs, and a SENIOR when it is over 6 months of age and between 4.5 and 6.5 lbs (although some brood animals will likely surpass this show weight cap.) The ideal weight for a Mini Lop is right at 6 pounds. 6 pounds is also a good breeding weight for does, as at that weight, they possess enough mass to provide for a litters' nutritional needs.
The Mini Lop has a laid back, easy-going personality. They are extremely docile and make great 4-H projects as well as pets. They are incredible with children, especially if handled from birth. Take care to purchase a well-socialized rabbit if desiring a pet Mini Lop. The Mini Lop is also especially easy to litter box train, if desired. The habit of urinating/defecating in a single location is instinctual in the Mini Lop, as it is in cats. Simply providing a young Mini Lop with a litter box (filled with a medium different from the bedding) is often enough to prompt the continued use of a litter box, with no further interference or reinforcement necessary.
See the ARBA Standards of Perfection for more information about what is desired in the type of the Mini Lop.